UID:
edocfu_9959238308202883
Format:
1 online resource (137 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-280-21788-X
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1-134-31986-X
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0-203-33227-X
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9786610217885
Series Statement:
Lancaster pamphlets
Content:
Updated and expanded throughout to take into consideration the most up-to-date historical research, this new edition of The Origins of the Second World War analyzes the reasons for the outbreak of the Second World War.Experienced historian Ruth Henig considers:* the long-term factors that led to war* the effect of British appeasement policies* the significance of American isolation* the ambitions of Italy, Japan and Russia.The Origins of the Second World War brings one of the most controversial historical topics to life for a whole gene
Note:
Previous ed.: London: Methuen, 1985.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Timeline of key events; Map 1 Hitler's foreign policy: the struggle against Versailles. German territorial losses by the treaty; Map 2 Central and Western Pacific, 1921; Map 3 The Italian invasion of Abyssinia, 1935; Map 4 The execution of Hitler's plans: Germany in Europe, 1942; Introduction; 1 Long-term causes; 2 The years 1933-41; Nazi ideology; The consolidation of the Nazi regime; Early diplomacy and the challenge of German rearmament, 1933-5; The challenge of Japanese and Italian territorial expansion
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The remilitarization of the Rhineland and the Spanish civil warThe Anschluss with Austria and the Czechoslovak crisis, 1938; From European war to world war: Europe and the Far East, 1939-41; 3 The historical debate; 4 Guide to further reading; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-33261-3
Language:
English
